Breyer Group Plc and others v Department of Energy and Climate Change In a recent decision, the High Court (Coulson J) found that a number of businesses were entitled to damages caused by a ministerial proposal to curtail government incentives in the solar energy sector. The High Court considered that the proposal, although not enacted and subsequently found to be unlawful, amounted to an unjustified interference with the claimants’ possessions, giving rise to an entitlement to damages. Although related to incentives in the solar energy sector, the findings of the

In Reliance Industries Ltd. & Anr v. Union of India, the Supreme Court of India has again declined jurisdiction to consider an application to set aside an UNCITRAL award in an arbitration seated outside India, finding that the intention of the parties was that Indian arbitration law would not apply to their dispute. In 1994, Reliance Industries Limited entered into two production sharing contracts (PSCs) with the Union of India for the exploration and production of petroleum. The PSCs provided that if there was a change to India’s laws or

On 2 October, the Scottish Arbitration Centre and the Centre for Energy Policy, Mineral Law and Petroleum (CEPMLP) launched the International Centre for Energy Arbitration (ICEA) in Edinburgh. The ICEA is a joint venture between the two partners. The initial work of the ICEA has been split into two phases. The first phase of the project is a six-month research period involving the consultation of energy companies on what they want from the arbitration process. The second phase involves evaluating the research with a view to developing a bespoke set

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